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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 2d

This describes my experience at the University of Toronto: Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

www.nytimes.com

Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 5d

Patricia Routledge was one of our most compelling, captivating actors. We were so lucky. I appreciate all the references to Keeping Up Appearances. But there was so much more. Please explore Patricia's broad & deep career, starting here: youtu.be/0uNEEfQKfwk?...

a woman of no importance 1982 with patricia routledge monologue

YouTube video by Bada Jozsef (Joe)

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 7d

This January…. www.intellectbooks.com/the-intellec...

The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film and Media

The Intellect Handbook of Adult Film and Media; A survey of the state of the discipline in the form of themed chapters, each presenting an overview of the primary literature, important histories, and ...

www.intellectbooks.com

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 8d

The @aaup.org beat Marco Rubio in court, with a Reagan-appointed judge ruling that ideological deportations obviously violate the first amendment.

These cases cost money. And we need millions of people moving together to make them stick. If you're faculty in the US, join AAUP and join the fight.

Join

Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.

www.aaup.org

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 12d

January….

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 19d

www.them.us/story/trump-...

FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says

The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.

www.them.us

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 23d

Scary www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 28d

Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching ‘Gender Ideology’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching ‘Gender Ideology’

www.nytimes.com

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Selmin Kara @selminimal.bsky.social · 29d

Stellar opportunity for a sound scholar at UofT.

Assistant Professor - Sound in Cinema and Media / Experiential Learning

jobs.utoronto.ca

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James Leo Cahill @jamesleocahill.bsky.social · 29d

A tenure track position in sound in cinema and media at U of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Sound in Cinema and Media / Experiential Learning

jobs.utoronto.ca

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · 29d

My pleasure. It’s always a delight to hear you talk. Thank YOU for generously sharing your research with us.

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Sep 8

Brian Cantwell Smith was one of the most decent, kind human beings I had the pleasure to know. He was an intellectual and moral North Star in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. I will miss him terribly.

Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Sep 5

Rand Paul is trying to launch a new “Lavender Scare” thehill.com/policy/healt...

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 27

Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 22

www.unlv.edu/news/article...

UNLV Libraries Acquire Groundbreaking Sex Work Activism Archive

The Norma Jean Almodovar Papers document decades of advocacy and expand UNLV’s collecting initiative on sexual entertainment and economies.

www.unlv.edu

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 22

www.tennessean.com/story/news/2...

Age verification laws are sweeping the US, changing the future of online speech

Age verification laws have been passed in at least 24 states. Some say it’s an effort to protect kids, while others say it restricts protected speech.

www.tennessean.com

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Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · Aug 18

Half of U.S. states now require adult sites to implement age verification — with laws that are confusing, inconsistent, and often impossible to follow.

Today we launched a toolkit to help the industry navigate this patchwork of mandates.

🔗 freespeechcoalition.com/toolkit

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 11

Come see Nikola Stepić’s talk “Autoeroticism as Sexual Commons: Erotic Media Meets Two Public Health Crises” on Sept. 8 at 11am at the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto! www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/nikol...

Autoeroticism as Sexual Commons: Erotic Media Meets Two Public Health Crises

This talk examines how public health crises have reframed masturbation as a socially responsible and culturally significant practice, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and the AIDS pandemic as histori...

www.cinema.utoronto.ca

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 8

Come be my colleague! Assistant Professor - Knowledge Systems, Infrastructures, Communities, and Cultures jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Assistant Professor - Knowledge Systems, Infrastructures, Communities, and Cultures

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 8

10 Examples of Absurd Fallout From the U.K.'s Online Safety Act reason.com/2025/08/06/1...

10 examples of absurd fallout from the U.K.'s Online Safety Act

The law is putting up barriers for people who want to read about world news, listen to music on Spotify, chat on Discord, or play video games.

reason.com

Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 8

Potentially good news for sex workers? It's not clear if this will benefit them. It should -- but this administration has been hostile to the sex industries. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Trump targets banks with order barring discriminatory 'debanking'

U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up pressure on large banks and their regulators on Thursday, signing an executive order requiring the banking industry to ensure it is not refusing financial services to anyone based on political or religious beliefs, a practice frequently described as "debanking."

www.reuters.com

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Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 6

By excluding sexual orientation from government-mandated requirements for selecting candidates, The Canada Research Chairs Program discriminates against many queers, including gay men. www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/program-prog...

2019 Addendum to the 2006 Canadian Human Rights Settlement Agreement

Canada Research Chairs program will support

www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca

Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Aug 3

www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ar...

As provinces move out of film classification in the streaming era, why is B.C. doubling down?

Film programmers cast doubt on a 20th-century system regulating a 19th-century art form

www.theglobeandmail.com

Patrick Keilty @patrickkeilty.bsky.social · Jul 30

Clearly John Ford's Westerns inspired many of these landscapes, Monument Valley in Arizona and Utah.

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